Robert Baugh (Litigation) – Baugh is a Shareholder and co-chair of the firm’s Litigation Group. In 2013, he was President of the Birmingham Bar Association. He represents clients in insurance, business and product liability litigation, as well as intellectual property matters. Baugh is recognized as a Best Lawyer in America and is an Alabama Super Lawyer for Business Litigation. He is also a Martindale-Hubbell AV rated attorney.

Steven Brickman (Real Estate) – Brickman is a Shareholder who represents clients in all phases of commercial real estate development, including land acquisition, financing, leasing and planning. Brickman is a Martindale-Hubbell AV rated attorney who has also been selected by Alabama Super Lawyers for Real Estate and Best Lawyers in America for Real Estate Law and Banking & Finance Law.

John Cooper (Corporate/Commercial Tax) – Cooper serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the firm. He advises businesses on topics, including the planning, structuring and negotiating of mergers and acquisitions, corporate reorganizations, purchases and sales of businesses and raising capital through issuance of debt and equity securities. He is a Martindale-Hubbell AV rated attorney and former Adjunct Professor for The University of Alabama School of Law and Cumberland School of Law.

Jerry Held (Real Estate) – Held chairs the law firm’s Mortgage Banking Practice Group and represents national mortgage lenders, servicers and government agencies in mortgage banking law, real estate litigation, default servicing and title insurance law. He is a Martindale-Hubbell AV rated attorney and a former board member of the USFN. Held is a Best Lawyers in America for Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law, Real Estate Law, and Banking and Finance Law. He was also recognized by Alabama Super Lawyers for Real Estate.

Maurice L. Shevin (Banking and Finance) – Shevin is a Shareholder who represents trade associations, financial institutions and business clients, advising them with respect to business and industry concerns. He advises numerous local, regional and national real estate, finance and consumer credit clients with respect to federal and state consumer credit protection laws, rules and regulations. His practice also includes assisting clients in legislative analysis and drafting, financing, and the purchase and sale of businesses and business assets. Shevin is a Martindale-Hubbell AV rated attorney; and teaches Consumer Protection as an adjunct professor at the University of Alabama School or Law.

Adam J. Sigman (Real Estate) – Sigman serves as a Shareholder at Sirote & Permutt and focuses his practice on real estate and project finance, representing real estate developers and investors across a broad spectrum of asset categories, including retail, office, industrial/warehouse, multi-family, healthcare and life sciences, entertainment, sports and hotel, as well as agricultural, ranch, farm and hunting properties. He also counsels real estate clients in their general corporate, business planning and tax planning matters. Sigman, a Martindale-Hubbell AV rated attorney, is listed in Best Lawyers in America for Real Estate Law and is also featured in Alabama Super Lawyers for Real Estate Law.

Bradley J. Sklar (Corporate/Commercial Tax) – Sklar serves on the law firm’s Board of Directors and is a past co-chair of the Corporate & Tax Practice Group. Sklar represents real estate developers in structuring and tax planning issues at federal, state and local levels. He counsels clients in tax and incentive planning and entity formation. He was the principal draftsperson of Alabama’s Limited Liability Company Act when it was passed in 1993 and frequently advises clients on sophisticated transactional structuring ideas. Sklar, a Martindale-Hubbell AV rated attorney is listed as a Best Lawyers in America. Additionally, he is a Fellow in the Alabama Law Foundation and a past president of the Federal Tax Clinic and current Co-Chair of the American Institute on Federal Taxation. Sklar also serves as Vice-Chair of the Mountain Brook Board of Education.